Luke 1:78

Lexham English Bible

because of the merciful compassion of our God by which the dawn will visit to help us from on high,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Because of our God’s merciful compassion,the dawn from on high will visit us

King James Version (1611)
Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited vs,

King James Version
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

English Standard Version
because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high

New American Standard Bible
Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

New Century Version
With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will dawn upon us.

Amplified Bible
Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise (the Messiah) from on high will dawn and visit us,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

Legacy Standard Bible
Because of the tender mercy of our God,With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

Berean Standard Bible
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

Contemporary English Version
God's love and kindness will shine upon us like the sun that rises in the sky.

Complete Jewish Bible
through our God's most tender mercy, which causes the Sunrise to visit us from Heaven,

Darby Translation
on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; wherein [the] dayspring from on high has visited us,

Easy-to-Read Version
"With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will shine on us.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an hie hath visited vs,

George Lamsa Translation
Through the mercy and kindness of our God; whereby we shall be visited by a ray from above,

Good News Translation
Our God is merciful and tender. He will cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us

Literal Translation
through the tender heart of mercy of our God, in which the Dayspring from on high will visit us,

American Standard Version
Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

Bible in Basic English
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

Hebrew Names Version
Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

International Standard Version
Because of the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high has broken upon us,

Etheridge Translation
Through the compassions of the grace of our Aloha; Whereby the morn-splendour shall visit us from on high,

Murdock Translation
through the compassion of the mercy of our God; whereby the day-spring from on high will visit us,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs.

English Revised Version
Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

World English Bible
Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Thro' the tender mercy of our God, whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us,

Weymouth's New Testament
Through the tender compassion of our God, Through which the daybreak from on high will come to us,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
bi the inwardnesse of the merci of oure God, in the whiche he spryngynge vp fro an hiy hath visitid vs.

Update Bible Version
Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the rising sun from on high shall visit us,

Webster's Bible Translation
Through the tender mercy of our God; by which the day-spring from on high hath visited us,

New English Translation
Because of our God's tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

New King James Version
Through the tender mercy of our God,With which the Dayspring from on high has visited [fn] us;

New Living Translation
Because of God's tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,

New Life Bible
Because the heart of our God is full of loving-kindness for us, a light from heaven will shine on us.

New Revised Standard
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because of the yearning compassion of the mercy of our God, wherein shall visit us a day-dawn from on high, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:

Revised Standard Version
through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Through the tender mercy of oure God wherby the daye springe from an hye hath visited vs.

Young's Literal Translation
Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thorow the tender mercy of oure God, wherby the daye sprynge from an hye hath vysited vs.

Mace New Testament (1729)
through the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun has visited us from on high,

Simplified Cowboy Version
A new day is shining down on us through the mercy of God.

Contextual Overview

⁶⁷ And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, ⁶⁸ "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited to help and has redeemed his people, ⁶⁹ and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, ⁷⁰ just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times— ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all those who hate us, ⁷² to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, ⁷³ the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us ⁷⁴ that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, could serve him without fear ⁷⁵ in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. ⁷⁶ And so you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Bible Verse Review
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tender: or, bowels of the, Psalms 25:6, Isaiah 63:7, Isaiah 63:15, John 3:16, Ephesians 2:4, Ephesians 2:5, Philippians 1:8, Philippians 2:1, Colossians 3:12, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:10

dayspring: or, sun-rising, or branch, Numbers 24:17, Isaiah 11:1, Zechariah 3:8, Zechariah 6:12, Malachi 4:2, Revelation 22:16

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 23:4 - as the light 1 Kings 11:36 - David Job 38:12 - the dayspring Song of Solomon 2:17 - the day Song of Solomon 4:6 - day Isaiah 9:2 - walked Isaiah 42:16 - I will bring Isaiah 60:1 - General Hosea 6:3 - his going Micah 7:8 - when I sit Zechariah 14:6 - not Matthew 2:2 - his Matthew 4:16 - which sat in darkness Luke 19:44 - because John 1:4 - the life John 8:12 - I am Acts 15:14 - declared Ephesians 4:32 - tenderhearted 2 Timothy 1:18 - mercy Titus 3:5 - according Hebrews 2:6 - visitest 2 Peter 1:19 - a light Revelation 2:28 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Through the tender mercy of our God,.... or "bowels of mercy", to which the forgiveness of sin is owing; the source and spring of pardon, is the free grace and abundant mercy of God; it takes its rise from thence, though it is channelled in the blood and sacrifice of Christ; and which no way derogates from, but rather heightens the riches of God's grace and mercy: for it was mercy that moved God to enter into a covenant with his Son, in which forgiveness of sin is promised; and it was mercy to set forth his Son, in his eternal purposes and decrees; and to send him forth in the fulness of time, to shed his blood for the remission of sins; it was the mercy of God to us, that provided a lamb for a burnt offering, and then accepted of the sacrifice and satisfaction of his Son, in our room and stead, and forgave all our sins, for his sake; and whatever the pardon of our sins cost God and Christ, it is all free grace and mercy to us: it is owing not to the absolute mercy of God, or to the mercy of God as an absolute God, but to the mercy of "our" God; our God in Christ, our covenant God and Father, whose bowels yearned towards us, and whose pity is that of a tender parent: whereby

the day spring from on high hath visited us: the word ανατολη, here used, and is translated "the day spring", is the same which the Septuagint use, in Jeremiah 23:5 where the Messiah is spoken of, under the name of the "branch": and undoubtedly the Messiah Jesus, is intended here, who is the man, that branch, that has grown up out of his place; not from below, but from above; and who is the phosphorus, or bringer of light, that bright and morning star, that sun of righteousness, who has light in himself, and communicates light to others; even light natural, spiritual, and eternal; and with his rays and beams of light, life, and love, refreshes, exhilarates, and warms, the hearts of his people: and by the "visit" he has made in our "horizon", is meant his assumption of human nature; which, like a friendly visit, proceeded from pure love to the children of God; and was a drawing near unto them, for it was a taking on him their nature, in which he represented their persons; and was done through much difficulty and great condescension, since he was in the form of God, and thought it no robbery to be equal with him; and his stay on earth in this nature, was but for a little while; so that on all accounts, it may be truly called a "visit": and which, as the remission of sin is wholly owing to the tender mercy of our God, who put him upon it, called him to it, sent him forth made of a woman, and in the likeness of sinful flesh, to obtain eternal redemption, in which mercy and truth met together: the end and design of this visit, are signified in the next verse; for the following words belong to the day spring from on high, and not to John the Prophet of the Highest.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereby the dayspring ... - The word “dayspring” means the morning light, the aurora, the rising of the sun. It is called the dayspring “from on high” because the light of the gospel shines forth from heaven. God is its Author, and through His mercy it shines upon people. There is here, doubtless, a reference to Isaiah 60:1-2; indeed, almost the very words of that place are quoted. Compare also Revelation 22:16.